Dressing shield



1940- I s. B. RICHSTEiN 2,224,745

DRESSING SHIELD Filed Aug. 1, 1938 I INVENTOR SII//d own Flt/Isiah ATTORNEY I Patented Dec. 10, 1940 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRESSING SHIELD Shirley Brown Richstein, Phoenix, Ariz. Application August 1, 1938, Serial No. 222,377 I 3 Claims.

My invention relates to dressing shields, and has for its principal object to protect the neck, shoulders and gown of a user from loose powder that is dislodged from a pad or the like during application of the powder to a users face after the toilet has been otherwise completed.

More particularly the invention relates to a shield of this character including a housing adapted for mounting in the drawer of a dressing table or the like, and a strip of paper or other inexpensive, flexible material normally retained as a roll within the housing but adapted for extension from the housing, through the drawer when the latter is open, over the gown and over and about the neck and shoulders of the user to protect the latter from falling powder.

As a part of the invention I provide a strip of particular construction adapted for easy severance and shaping along defined lines to facilibate application of fresh bib sections thereof to the body of the user and disposition of the bib sections after use.

In accomplishing the above stated and other objects of the invention 1 have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a dressing shield embodying my invention, illustrating mounting of the shield strip in the drawer of a dressing table and application of a protective bib section thereof to a user.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view on the line 2--2, Fig. 3, particularly illustrating mounting of a rolled sheet in the housing and mounting of the housing on the inside of a drawer front.

Fig. 3 is a transverse, vertical, sectional view on the line 3--3, Fig. 2, particularly illustrating mounting of the roll on its arbor and relation of the housing cover to the roll and to an extended portion of the roll.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the roll and its arbor, a part of the roll being extended to illustrate the lines of severance, presently described more in detail.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the roll housing and its cover.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

designates the roll housing, including end members 2, 3, having straight front edges provided with laterally bent ears 4, whereby the housing may be fastened to the inner face of a drawer front by screws or other fastening devices 5, and having straight top and bottom and curved rear edges, to which the combined bottom and rear wall 6 may be attached; the end member 2 being provided with a bearing aperture 1 and the opposite end member 3 with a vertical slot 8, open at the top and having a bearing seat 9 at its lower end registering with the bearing aperture 1 for the purpose herein set forth.

The rear portion of the wall 6 extends only to about the vertical center of the end walls and is there provided with spaced, bent ears Hi cooperative with like ears H on the rear edge of the cover I 2 for mounting the cover by means of a hinge pin l3.

The cover I2 is shaped to lie on the curved upper-rear and straight top edges of the end members of the housing, but is of a width to leave an opening I4 at the front thereof through which the shield strip projects slightly to be grasped, and through which the strip may be drawn for use.

The paper or other shield material may be furnished in rolls [5, wound on cores 16 adapted to fit on an arbor ll, one end of which is reduced in diameter to form aspindle tip is adapted to fit into and. rotate in the bearing opening I in the end member2 of the housing I, and a shoulder 19 for limiting projection of the spindle into the bearing opening. At its other end the arbor is provided with an annular groove 20 for fitting the end of the arbor into the slot 8 in the end member 3 of the housing I, and anchoringthe arbor in itsbearing seat 9 of the slot.

The shield proper consists of the strip 2| having transverse lines of perforations 22 at regular intervals throughout its length, separating the 35 strip into bib sections, each of convenient length to extend from the slightly open drawer of the dressing table to the neck of a person sitting at the table; the lines of perforations 22 permitting the strip to be easily severed therealong for dis- 40 position of soiled bib sections of the strip after each individual use.

Extending inwardly a short distance from the line of perforations 22 is a longitudinal line of perforations 23, and intersecting the inner end of said line of perforations 23 is a relatively short line of perforations 24, whereby each bib section may be easily torn through a portion of its width in both lateral directions, so that the corner flaps 25 and 26 may be folded back to provide a neck opening 21 and shoulder flaps 2B for application of the bib section to the neck and supporting the same in front of a user.

The sheet of flexible material, preferably paper, may be furnished in roll form for easy application to the arbor upon which it is mounted in the housing, and unrolled as required for use.

Assuming the strip to be constructed and assembled as described, with the housing I applied to the inner face of the front wall of the drawer of a dressing table or the like, and supplied with one of the shield rolls IS, a woman, having otherwise completed her toilet, but desiring a final application of powder to her face, neck and shoulders, without soiling her gown with falling powder, may sit at the table, pull the drawer thereof containing the shield slightly open, withdraw the first exposed bib section of the strip 2| from the housing, tear the strip along the longitudinal and short transverse perforated lines 23 and 24 to form the opening 21 and place the portions of the strip surrounding the opening thus formed over her shoulders and about her neck so that the outmost bib section may hang over the front of her dress .and over the edge of the drawer to catch any falling particles of powder that may be dislodged from the pad or other device which she may use in applying the powder. When she has finished application of the powder, she may sever the used bib section of the strip at the next line of long transverse perforations 22, gather the loose powder in the severed section, and dispose thereof in a convenient manner.

The foregoing constitutes disclosure of only a preferred structure and mode of operation of my improved dressing shield, it being apparent that the details of structure may be varied without departing from the scope of the invention, and that manipulations additional to those referred to, such, for example, as folding of a bib section along the line 28 to form more definitely marked front and lap portions of the sheet, may be employed.

What I claim .and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shield of the character described, a strip of flexible sheet material having spaced transverse lines of severance defining a plurality of individual bib sections adapted for successive use and individual detachment from said strip, one end of each bib section having a longitudinally arranged tear line terminating at one end in an adjacent transverse line of bib severance and at its other end in a tear line arranged transversely of the bib section in spaced longitudinal relation to the next line of bib severance, said tear lines defining flaps separable at their juncture to form a neck opening adapting the bib section for application to a user.

2. In a shield of the character described, a strip of flexible sheet material having spaced transverse lines of severance defining a plurality of individual bib sections adapted for successive use and individual detachment from said strip, one end of each bib section having a longitudinally arranged tear line terminating at one end in an adjacent transverse line of bib severance and at its other end in a tear line arranged transversely of the bib section in spaced longitudinal relation to the next line of bib severance, said tear lines defining flaps separable .at their juncture to form a neck opening adapting the bib section for application to a user, the distance between said transverse tear line and said next line of bib severance being sufficient to allow support of said bib section at said next line of severance in spaced relation to the user for forming front and lap portions of said bib section.

3. In a shield of the character described, a strip of flexible sheet material having spaced transverse lines of severance defining a plurality of individual bib sections adapted for successive use and individual detachment from said strip, one end of each bib section having a longitudinally arranged tear line terminating at one end in an adjacent transverse line of bib severance and at its other end in a tear line arranged transversely of the bib section in spaced longitudinal relation to the next line of bib severance, said tear lines defining flaps separable at their juncture to form a neck opening adapting the bib section for application to a user, and means for supporting one end of said strip in spaced relation to the user while the other end thereof is applied to the user prior to detachment of a bib section therefrom, the portion of said strip between the applied and supported ends thereof forming front .and lap portions for protecting the person of the user.

SHIRLEY BROWN RICHSTEIN. 

